Greek Mythology Unit Plan

6
th
grade Scales Mound
4
th
quarter
Bob Briggs
Unit Goal:
To have the students research two mythos, gods or demigods, and then !resent their
"indings to the other students and mysel"# $n this way the students will become e%!erts on
the mythology o" their gods and get basic understanding o" the rest o" the myths#
The students will also e%!lore how the myths e%!lain things in the world, such as natural
disasters, and how di""erent myths interact with each other#
Unit !lan:
Begin with introduction o" unit and !ro&ect
o 'andout the guideline "or !ro&ect
o (al) the students through the guidelines
*ead introduction cha!ters o" how +lym!ian gods came about
o ,oint out di""erent as!ects o" the titans and gods
o -iscuss origin stories
o 'and out "amily tree
o -raw out im!ortant "acts or details that will be used later
*ead .eus cha!ter
o -raw out im!ortant "acts
,ower,oint ,resentation on .eus
o Model a good !resentation
o ,oint out how $ drew out "acts "rom the cha!ter and research
o /s) the students to comment and critici0e the !resentation
,oint out things li)e bac)ground, minimal wording, animations
6 by 6 rule
,ower,oint on -ionysus
o 1(hat 2ot to -o3 lesson
Bad bac)grounds, obno%ious animations, too much in"ormation
'ave the students comment and come u! with solutions
*esearch4,resentation wor) time
o Ma&ority o" the unit
o /ddress any questions the students may have
o 5 !lanned con"erences
6
st
con"erence chec) on !rogress and accuracy o" in"ormation
5
nd
con"erence moc) !resentation, chec) !resentation "or errors
Bibliogra!hy lesson
o +(7 at ,urdue
o 8%am!le o" a good bibliogra!hy
o (or) with students to include bibliogra!hy in !resentation
,resentations
o 9 days
o 'ave students evaluate themselves then grade
Gree) to *oman transition
o (hy it ha!!ened :history;
o (ho the gods became during the transition :,lanet names;